Long Airport Waits Ease After TSA Workers Receive Backpay (1)

Airport wait times in Houston and Atlanta have eased after Transportation Security Administration officers received most of their missed pay.

At George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, where wait times exceeded four hours last week, passengers were expected to move through security within 10 minutes, according to the airport’s website.

Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson international airport is advising passengers to arrive two hours before their flight time, which is in line with typical guidance. The longest wait time at TSA checkpoints at the airport was about four minutes as of 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, the website said.

Empty security lines outside George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on March 28.

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